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Torres Strait 1:250 000, R502 historical topographic map

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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The R502 series of maps has been replaced by the National Topographic Map Series (NTMS). The R502 series consists of 542 map sheets and covers Australia at a scale of 1:250,000. It was compiled from aerial photography, but only about one quarter of the series was contoured. The standard sheet size is 1 degree of latitude by 1.5 degrees of longitude. Transverse Mercator map projection and Clark 1858 datum were used. Coverage of the country was completed in 1968.

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Title Torres Strait 1:250 000, R502 historical topographic map
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/56fdeb06-bb5f-431c-98d5-12937351ea91
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        141.75,
        -11.0
      ],
      [
        143.25,
        -11.0
      ],
      [
        143.25,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        141.75,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        141.75,
        -11.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Torres Strait 1:250 000, R502 historical topographic map". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/torres-strait-1-250-000-r502-historical-topographic-map